the history of Wieringen

Topography

The data that is presented here is derived from the book: 'De Topografische Gids van Nederland', written by Frank
van der Hoven; Publisher Filatop, 1997. This books tries to give a complete account of all cities, villages and hamlets in the Netherlands. The data for Wieringen consists mainly of the population distribution over the various settlements on the island. To make an interesting comparison I have put the most recent numbers and put these beside the historical data. The recent data comes from the council guide.

Can we draw any conclusions on the basis of these numbers? Why not? First of all we note that Stroe and Oosterland were relatively more important in the 19th century. Their population hasn't grown, it even declined, most likely because Den Oever and Hippolytushoef became more important. Another interesting fact is that a hamlet like De Hoelm consisted of 3 houses 160 years ago. Today there are 5. Most hamlets have either been absorbed by the larger villages or are as they were 160 years ago.